The South China Sea keeps bubbling. The US and the Philippines have announced plans for a joint military exercise near disputed territory in the South China sea–a region with overlapping territorial claims by China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan. The exercise is scheduled for late April. Keep tuned in.
A key official to the Assad regime has defected. This defection is the first crack in the regime since the protests have started. It is a hopeful sign, since most other options leading to the fall of the regime are problematic. We can hope that Western powers are sending all sorts of signals to other Syrian officials welcoming similar moves.
India’s ruling Congress Party has suffered a series of major election setbacks in important states. Increasingly, the chances for the election of the likely candidate for Prime Minster, Rahul Gandhi, in the 2014 general elections look shaky. It also suggests increasing discontent with the process of pro-market reforms and the lingering discontent over the issue of corruption.
Fifteen percent of humans and chimp DNA is closer to that to gorillas than to each other, a new study finds. I wonder which fifteen percent? (not a quiz post)
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